NEW YORK: Johnny Depp and Will Smith topped a list on Wednesday of Hollywood’s most overpaid actors, an illustration that star power does not always bring in dollars at the movie box-office.
Fan favorite George Clooney also found himself on the annual Forbes list after the limited commercial appeal of films like “Hail Caesar,” “Money Monster” and the 2015 flop “Tomorrowland.”
Depp led the list for the second straight year after his movie “Alice Through The Looking Glass” brought in just $300 million at the global box-office after costing about $170 million to produce.
Forbes compiles the list by comparing the estimated pay for a lead actor in his or her last three movies with the estimated production costs and box-office gross of those movies.
It calculated that Depp, whose 2015 movie “Mortdecai” also bombed, returned just $2.8 dollars at the box-office for every $1 he was paid.
Depp, 53, who became one of Hollywood’s highest paid actors with “Pirates of the Caribbean,” also had a bad 2016 on the personal front. His split from actress Amber Heard made headlines when the pair exchanged allegations of violence and blackmail that were later dropped, and Depp paid out $7 million in a divorce settlement.
“Magic Mike” star Channing Tatum and comedian Will Ferrell rounded out the top 5 on Forbes list of most overpaid actors.
Fan favorite George Clooney also found himself on the annual Forbes list after the limited commercial appeal of films like “Hail Caesar,” “Money Monster” and the 2015 flop “Tomorrowland.”
Depp led the list for the second straight year after his movie “Alice Through The Looking Glass” brought in just $300 million at the global box-office after costing about $170 million to produce.
Forbes compiles the list by comparing the estimated pay for a lead actor in his or her last three movies with the estimated production costs and box-office gross of those movies.
It calculated that Depp, whose 2015 movie “Mortdecai” also bombed, returned just $2.8 dollars at the box-office for every $1 he was paid.
Depp, 53, who became one of Hollywood’s highest paid actors with “Pirates of the Caribbean,” also had a bad 2016 on the personal front. His split from actress Amber Heard made headlines when the pair exchanged allegations of violence and blackmail that were later dropped, and Depp paid out $7 million in a divorce settlement.
“Magic Mike” star Channing Tatum and comedian Will Ferrell rounded out the top 5 on Forbes list of most overpaid actors.
